عَوِصَ

, (S, O, Msb, K,) aorist يَعْوَصُ; (Msb, TA;) and عَاصَ, aorist يَعَاصُ; (A, O, K;) verbal noun (of the former, Msb, or of the latter, A) عَوَصٌ (A, O, Msb, K) and عِيَاصٌ; (A, O, K; [and according to the CK عَيْصٌ also, but this I do not find elsewhere,]) It (a thing [or, according to the O, so the former verb, but both as said of language,]) was, or became, difficult; (S, * A, O, Msb, K;) synonym اِشْتَدَّ, (A, O, K,) or صَعُبَ; (Msb;) as also ↓ اعتاص: (Msb:) and it was, or became, impossible; opposite of أَمْكَنَ. (TA.) You say, عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرُ ↓ اعتاص The thing, or affair, was, or became, difficult and intricate to him: (S, TA:) or difficult and confused and intricate to him, so that he did not find the right course (O, K, TA) therein. (O, TA.)

Also said of language, verbal noun as above, (A, K,) and عَايءِصٌ also, (TA, [see عَوِيصٌ,]) meaning It was, or became, difficult; synonym صَعُبَ: (A, O, * K:) and [in like manner] ↓ اعتاص, said of language, it was, or became, obscure. (TA.)

[The two inf. ns. first mentioned above are also quasi-inf. ns. of أَعْوَصَ, q. v.]